Morgan Stanley filings document the company’s financial services business, capital structure, governance and material events. The record includes 8-K reports for current events, proxy materials for annual meeting and shareholder voting matters, and securities listings covering common stock, depositary preferred shares and medium-term notes associated with Morgan Stanley Finance LLC.
Filings also disclose governance procedures, registered security classes, NYSE listing information, preferred stock series, debt-security registration matters and formal status changes such as a Form 25 notice for removal of a listed note class from exchange registration.
Morgan Stanley Finance LLC priced contingent income, memory auto-callable notes linked to the common stock of Blackstone Inc. The securities have a $1,000 stated principal amount per security, a 13.05% per annum contingent coupon, a strike date of May 18, 2026, a final observation date of May 18, 2029 and maturity on May 23, 2029. Coupons are payable only if the closing level of the underlier meets or exceeds the coupon barrier (70% of the initial level); automatic early redemption can occur if the closing level meets the call threshold (100% of the initial level) on scheduled redemption determination dates. At maturity, if the final level is below the downside threshold (70% of the initial level), the payment equals the stated principal multiplied by the performance factor (final level/initial level), and could be significantly less than the stated principal or zero. The estimated value on the pricing date was approximately $960.40 per security. All payments are subject to the issuer and guarantor credit risk.
Morgan Stanley director Yasushi Itagaki has filed an initial Form 3 reporting no transactions. The filing identifies him as a director of Morgan Stanley but does not list any common stock or derivative holdings in the provided data. Form 3 serves as a baseline disclosure of insider ownership when a person first becomes an insider.
Morgan Stanley reported the results of its 2026 Annual Meeting of Shareholders held on May 14, 2026. Shareholders elected all director nominees, ratified Deloitte & Touche LLP as independent auditor for the 2026 fiscal year, and approved the non-binding advisory vote on executive compensation.
Shareholders voted against a shareholder proposal requesting an independent Board Chairman. Each director received over 1.22 billion "for" votes, and the say‑on‑pay proposal received about 1.25 billion "for" votes versus roughly 55 million "against". The independent auditor ratification passed with more than 1.37 billion "for" votes.
Morgan Stanley Finance LLC is offering Trigger Autocallable GEARS linked to the Russell 2000® Index with a $10.00 Issue Price per Security. The securities are unsecured debt of MSFL, fully and unconditionally guaranteed by Morgan Stanley, with returns tied to the Russell 2000® Index and significant principal risk.
Key economic terms include an indicative Upside Gearing range of 1.50 to 1.62, an annual Call Return Rate of 12.00, an Autocall Barrier at 100% of the Initial Level and a Downside Threshold at 75% of the Initial Level. The Trade Date is May 18, 2026, Observation Date is May 25, 2027, Final Valuation Date is May 19, 2031 and Maturity Date is May 22, 2031. The securities do not pay interest and repayment at maturity depends on the Final Level relative to the Downside Threshold; holders may lose a significant portion or all principal.
Morgan Stanley submitted a Form 13F: a 13F Combination Report showing aggregated institutional holdings information across affiliated managers. The filing lists 24 other included managers, 45,985 Form 13F information table entries and a total reported market value of $1,659,786,624,056.
Morgan Stanley Finance LLC offers contingent income auto-callable securities (principal at risk) linked to the worst performing of the Russell 2000® Index and the S&P 500® Index. The offering aggregates $2,144,000 of securities at a stated principal amount of $1,000 per security and an issue price of $1,000 per security. The securities pay a contingent coupon at an annual rate of 8.50% only if both underliers meet coupon barrier levels on observation dates, feature automatic early redemption if both underliers meet call thresholds on redemption determination dates, and expose investors to loss of principal if the worst performing underlier finishes below the 75% downside threshold. All payments are unsecured obligations of Morgan Stanley Finance LLC and are fully and unconditionally guaranteed by Morgan Stanley; payments are subject to the credit risk of Morgan Stanley.
Morgan Stanley Finance LLC offers Structured Investments — Buffered Jump Securities with an auto-callable feature, fully guaranteed by Morgan Stanley, with a stated principal amount of $1,000 per security and an issue price of $1,000 per security. The securities have an estimated value on the pricing date of approximately $940.10 per security and do not pay interest. The notes reference the S&P® U.S. Equity Momentum 40% VT 4% Decrement Index, include a 15% buffer and a call threshold set at 95% of the initial level, and can be automatically redeemed on periodic determination dates starting May 24, 2027. Payments depend on the index final level and are subject to issuer and guarantor credit risk.
Morgan Stanley Finance LLC priced Market-Linked Notes due August 18, 2027 linked to the worst performing of the Russell 2000®, Dow Jones Industrial Average and Nasdaq-100. The notes have a $1,000 stated principal amount, an aggregate principal amount of $650,000, a participation rate of 100% and a capped maximum payment at maturity of $1,117.50 per note. The notes do not pay interest, are unsecured obligations of MSFL and are fully guaranteed by Morgan Stanley; all payments are subject to Morgan Stanley’s credit risk. The observation date is August 13, 2027, with maturity on August 18, 2027.
Morgan Stanley Finance LLC is offering $1,860,000 aggregate principal amount of Buffered PLUS with Downside Factor notes, fully and unconditionally guaranteed by Morgan Stanley. Each security has a stated principal amount of $1,000 and a 150% leverage factor tied to the MSCI EAFE® Index, maturing on February 29, 2028. Payments at maturity depend on the index closing on the observation date: upside is capped at $1,253 per security, a buffer protects the first 20% of decline (80% buffer level), and losses beyond the buffer are multiplied by a 1.25 downside factor. The securities pay no interest, are principal-at-risk, and are subject to issuer credit risk, tax uncertainty, and limited secondary-market liquidity.
Morgan Stanley Finance LLC is offering Principal at Risk auto-callable securities linked to the common stock of Super Micro Computer, Inc. (underlier). The securities have a stated principal amount of $1,000 per security and aggregate principal amount of $500,000.
The notes pay a contingent coupon of 34.84% per annum on each coupon payment date only if the closing level of the underlier meets or exceeds the coupon barrier level of $19.674 (60% of the initial level) on the related observation date. The securities may be automatically redeemed on scheduled redemption determination dates if the closing level is at or above the call threshold of $32.79 (100% of initial level), producing an early redemption payment equal to principal plus any payable contingent coupon. If not redeemed, maturity payment depends on the final level versus the downside threshold $19.674: if below, payment equals principal × (final level / initial level), exposing investors to full downside including possible loss of entire principal.